AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) Receives GBX 532.50 Average Target Price from Analysts

AJ Bell plc (LON:AJB) has been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the eight brokerages that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have given a hold recommendation and three have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is GBX 532.50.

A number of research firms have commented on AJB. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on AJ Bell from GBX 590 to GBX 625 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their target price on AJ Bell from GBX 625 to GBX 570 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, December 5th. UBS Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a GBX 550 price target on shares of AJ Bell in a research note on Friday, October 17th. Beaufort Securities reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 490 price objective on shares of AJ Bell in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of AJ Bell from GBX 440 to GBX 475 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Peter Birch acquired 4,000 shares of AJ Bell stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 4th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 490 per share, for a total transaction of £19,600. Insiders own 23.88% of the company’s stock.

AJ Bell Stock Performance

LON:AJB opened at GBX 447.72 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.46, a quick ratio of 7.16 and a current ratio of 3.63. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.52, a PEG ratio of 5.73 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 484.97 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 509.73. AJ Bell has a fifty-two week low of GBX 355.20 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 578.50.

AJ Bell Company Profile

Established in 1995, AJ Bell is one of the largest investment platforms in the UK, operating at scale in both the advised and direct-to-consumer markets.

Our purpose is to help people invest by providing them with easy access to Pensions, ISAs and General investment accounts, great customer service and competitive charges.

Our two core platform propositions are AJ Bell in the D2C market and AJ Bell Investcentre in the advised market, which both provide access to a broad investment range including shares and other instruments traded on the major stock exchanges around the world, as well as all mainstream collective investments available in the UK and our own range of AJ Bell funds.